Safety razor



March 24, 1931. F, G, p us I L SAFETY RAZOR Filed Oct. 14, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l Allomey Invenlor F. G. FAUST SAFETY RAZOR March 24, 1931.-

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This invention relates generally to safety gtudinal plane afid rearwardly trom the'bight ra zorsaiidfparticularlyto'a fnewandinovel 'p ortio'nasrindicatedby thefnumeralldflBe' Y 'safety'ra-"zoi' of the str'oppabletype, aIlCl' WliiCh tween theouter lower endfportiohsfi of the is adapted to beho ed withthe same motion flegs 8 .is figed.a bar whichiis ada'iited to'pre and mechanical moveiiientsi'bjlwhioh it is Vent'the strop i o1n"jcoming i iiito frictionahss stra ped; and-whichferiibodiesijthe features of Contact with; a shaft 11"j'our1 1aled across lthe I 1 v noveltyand advantage whichwill' beQVery legs ofthemaiiilfrarue 5 and"co'iiceutricallyP' clearly perceived in the 'following descrip with thecur ed portion "7 w'hi'ch has aeog" I tion thereof. 7 1 wheel 12 mountedon what shall be hereafter 1: It is an object of this 'iiiizen'tiou to'provide jcalledtthe "fright: side oi the razor; and *ai'strong,andrugged safety razor which-will mounted onlthisshaft 11 aridufixed jforrota "last allopgtime in serfiice, being sim'plejand tiontherewithis a'razoricarryiiig frame made 'e fiective' in? ope ation;"andz-which-may be upjas follows, Y j' i s cheaplymanufactured;andreadily accessible v A thinlirietal plate 13' has oiielo igitudinalj I Y .for=repairai1d replacement of parts. 1 edge "bent over and aboutthe shaft 111 and i v Theseand other objects of the invention, closely compressed thereagainsufandanother its fnature anditsco mpos ition and arrange plate corresponding to the plane portionof iinep'tand combination of parts will be'readithe plate ll'3, as ihdicated by the numeralIl ly understood byianyi o'ne' acquainted'with the is hinged lto one edg'e 'of the plate 13; so as I 20 art to which tliisinuentionrelates uponcom to swing in thegdii ection of its length," to r i sulting he following {descriptions of the embr ace a1blade15whichis placed'gdi re'ctlyf I drawings, inwhich 12911; the plate 13, and the: other end of'the i Figure 1 i'sa general side elevational-view plate 14 engages with'a two part "friction Y i ofimy improved safety razor takeufrom'the latch 16; "lhe hinged connection of the "1.25 side'on which is mounted'thechief actuating plates 13 andglt is generally designated 17* 7 mechanism. 1 I in 'Figure 3.:To pre zeiit undue backward FigurefQ' issa side elevational view taken motion'of thebladea'tongue lS is struck. up 1 from the otherside of the safetyxrazor. "I jiironitherearedge-of the plane portio'n of;

. Fi r gi at view thereof. b th'eplatef13andit is erected to pass through a a- 9-.," Figure 4 is a detailed eiilarg'ed'perspective sl0t'19i1i the rear edgeofthe plate l4,' and Yiewfof the rockerjig e i '5 hooked the'reover. The blade is struck out Fi'guresfiiand fi i are viewsillustrating'ithe adjacent the hinge portiorrl? and the latch I meth'dofstropping the raz'or employing a 16,-sog as m engage therebehind to preyent stro pi comingfzforwardout-ofposition. On? the :3 35 "Referring-iii detailto the drawings the left side oftthe main razor frame" 5"there numeral 5,,designates generally the razor lrises'frorh the re'arjend portion of the co1 1- frame which is of fiat; generally 'U-shaped tiguous leg thereof a proj ection 20 the upper j form,the1-outer ends; of the legs'of theUbe-l ven'olofwhichJ-is adapted to fr ct onally eningiforwardlyand downwardly be'veledas gagea lug 21 which projects from the] c011 vat 6 and rounded as at 7 to'merge with the tiguous side'o'fa swingable guard whichcombeveled portion 6 "On the lower edge 'Ofeac'h'; prises; a pair of 'journaledtriangular eud v V leg'8 of th'einainra'zor frame 5 and near the P 22, aSnwOth curved'cross bar23 anda outer end thereof adjacent'the curved porcross member; parallelly spaced from the 4 tion 7 is a downward projection: 9 which is cross bar, on which centrally thereofpro ects adapted to be passed on each side of thestr'oio, a finger p1ece'f24 for rock1 ng the guard .strucso as to keep the'razor squarely upon the ture on a'pin 25;whichlsyjournaled across I strep during the 'stropping operation. 7 A the upper rear portion of the leg 8 0i the handle of suitable form ,isffastened to'f the mainframe fil ed that theguardstructu e 'middle of the big'ht portion of the main razor generally designated '22 has 1ts outer ends 7 frame and it isprojected inthe'same longi iwith s' theilegs an 's pweted'se a o mee lit I with the stropping operation.

' The stropping rocker is generally desig 5 nated by the numeral 27; Itcomprises apair' the edge of the razor in the outer ends thereof with a pair of hooks 26 which form guardsfor the sharp cornersth'ereof and retain the razor edge in spaced relation with the transversely curved guard '23, when the razor blade is in the shaving position. The guard structure generally designated 22 is adapted to be drawn back during the stropping operation as shown in Figures 5 and 6,

and the projection locks in front of the lug 21, to preventaccldental return motlon of the guard structure, which might in er fere of generally triangular ends 28 in the small ends of which there is an aperture29 to receive the ends, of a shaft 30 which is jour-. naled across and between the rearlower portion. ofthe leg 8. Opposite the aperture 29 there ii's'securedito the edges oflthe triangular sides 28 and at the edgethereof and in right angular relation therewith a flat bar 31 which has aconvex concave cross section, the convexity being'di'sposed on the far side from the point of contact with the sides 28 as shown in Figure 4. Projecting horizontally I and in the plane of the sides 28 is a projection inethegeneraliform of anumeral .7 designated. by the reference numeral 32. On the top ofthe Y? there is a segment of gear teeth The re'lationof parts and proportion is such that'the teeth 33iwill be normally 'en gaged; in mesh with the teeth of the cog wheel. 12; 1 i i The" method of stropping the razor shown in Figures .5 and 6, and the action of the rocker 27. Referring to Figure 5 it will be seen that the rocker 27 is reacting to a motion along aostrop in the direction toward the operator thereof, in which the razor blade is projected away from, the operator byfhe action'of the rocker. Referring ,to

Figure 6 the'position of the parts and the razor blade. is-shown in the comp-lemental stroke,i.and away from the operator thereof so that the blade and its companion structure is passed completely through a semi-circular rotation toengage the opposite edge withthe strep. i A 1 I For holding the razor on astone or the like, the element seen in detail in Figure 4 is employed-instead of that form seen in the otherfigures. The only: difference in this rocker is the. provision; that thesegmental gear piece 330 is placed exactly, opposite the teeth In this formation it is required that the: end portion of the 7-formation 32 becut out as'in 34 to provide the oppositely faced :gear teeth 33a. 7 7 v 7 V This razor. may-be sharpenednon either a flexible'stropof leather or canvas, or on any kindof an edge producing. material or structure ineitheravverticali or a horizontal position, the" arrangement being suchthat" the vention.

friction is not placed upon the razor carrying structure, but upon rocker element 27 The 7 blade to allow lather and beard hairs to pass therebetween. The stropping and the shaving operation may be performed with one hand; 7

It is-tolbedefinitely understood that I do not desireto limit the application of this invention to' the particular modification set out hereinto 'illiistrate thesame', and any change or changes may bef'made in material and structure and arrange-mentor parts consistent with the'spirit and scope of the' n- Having thus described the invention, what isclanned as new 1's 1. A safety razoruoft the type describedcomprising a horizontally disposed handle, a U-shaped'frame secured at its bightportion to one end of said handle, a pivoted blade holder between the outer endsof the legsof' the frame, ashaft journaled through said ends andicarrying said blade holder, ar cog wheel oirone end of the shaft outside the frame, a strop engaging rockerlpivoted to the rear-portion of the frame, a forward extension on the rocker carryingv a segment of gear teeth for normally meshing with said cog wheel itlldJOtittiIlg thesame when the rocker is drawnoventhesurface of strop,

and a guard-structure pivoted on -the upper JV rear portion of the frame and adapted toreceive the cutting. edge .ofthe blade and-retain the same in shaving position, said guard adapted to-be disengaged from. the bladeand ,7 position out of thesphere of motion of said 1;

blade during the stroppingoperation, anda dependent guide lug on. the forward. lower edge of each leg of the frame forcorifining the strop and guiding the razor squarely upon-the strop during the stropping operation. H Yr I j a 2. A. safetyr azor of the type; described comprising a horizontally disposed handle,a

lei-shaped frame secured at its bightportion to oneend of said" handle, a pivotedblade holder between the outer ends of the legsof the frame, a shaft"journaled-through said ends and carrying. said blade holder, a cog wheel on one end of theshaft outside the frame, astrop engaging rocker pivoted to the rearportion of the frame, a forward extension' on the rocker carrying a segmentof gear teeth for" normally meshingwith said cog wheel and rotating the same 'when'the rocker'is drawn over'th'esurface of astrop,

and a guard structure pivoted on the upper V rear portion-of the frame and adapted to receive the cutting edgeof the blade and retain the same in sharing position; said guard adapted to be disengagedfrom the blade and positioned out of the sphere of motionof said blade during the stropping operation, and a dependent guidelug on the for- Ward lower edge of'each leg oftthe frame for confining the strop and guiding the razor squarely upon the strop during the stropping operation, and a projection on the upper edge of one of said legs, and a laterally projecting lug on the companion side of the guard structure-for cooperation with said projectionfor releasablyflocking said i guardin stroppingposition. V c In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

I V FREDEBIOK'GUS FAUST; 

